Recalling my Dad's frog hunting trips

1:51 AM,
Jun. 23, 2013

Written by

Don Pagath

Ohio frog season began June 14, and the two species you can catch are bullfrogs and green frogs. These two kind of look alike, but are different. The methods vary, but you can catch them by longbow and arrow, gigged or by hand. You only can catch or possess 15 frogs daily.

In days long ago, Dad used to catch them by hand. His idea was you did not have to clean them that night, but could wait until the morning. Dad would set out after dark with his boat at what now is Dillion Lake. (It used to be the Licking River before it was dammed, thus creating the lake.) He would get his carbide light and row the river ...